Felkington Colliery
Account of Strata sunk through to the Bulman Main Coal Seam at Felkington Colliery
Shaft Details
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
| Freestone |
54 |
3 |
|
55 |
3 |
| Black metal |
0 |
11 |
|
56 |
2 |
| COAL - Blackhill Seam |
2 |
10 |
|
59 |
0 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
|
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| Stone band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
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| Soft metal |
2 |
0 |
|
61 |
0 |
| Tills |
3 |
4 |
|
64 |
4 |
| COAL |
2 |
2 |
|
66 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
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| Band |
0 |
2½ |
|
|
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| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Metal |
0 |
2 |
|
66 |
8 |
| Limestone |
1 |
6 |
|
68 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
68 |
9 |
| Metal |
0 |
3 |
|
69 |
1 |
| Freestone |
2 |
5 |
|
71 |
6 |
| Tills |
1 |
10 |
|
73 |
4 |
| COAL - Diamond Coal Seam |
5 |
10 |
|
79 |
2 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
|
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| Freestone |
2 |
6 |
|
|
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| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Metal |
2 |
6 |
|
81 |
8 |
| Freestone |
4 |
6 |
|
86 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
86 |
6 |
| Limestone |
1 |
0 |
|
87 |
6 |
| Tills |
1 |
6 |
|
89 |
0 |
| Limestone |
0 |
6 |
|
89 |
6 |
| Tills |
2 |
9 |
|
92 |
3 |
| Limestone |
0 |
4 |
|
92 |
7 |
| Freestone bands |
15 |
6 |
|
108 |
1 |
| Black metal |
1 |
0 |
|
109 |
1 |
| COAL - Bulman Main Coal Seam |
5 |
2 |
|
114 |
3 |
| COAL, roof |
1 |
2½ |
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| Chalk stone |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL, splint |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse splint |
0 |
9 |
|
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| Mid stone |
0 |
5 |
|
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|
| COAL, ground |
1 |
1 |
|
|
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| Chalk stone |
0 |
1 |
|
|
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| COAL, smithy |
0 |
9 |
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| Metal |
0 |
5 |
|
114 |
8 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
original entry for sinking/boring number 2709 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910"
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